Zhi, a rookie race car driver, gets the opportunity to compete against the reigning champion of the rally car circuit. With help from a former driver-turned-mechanic, Zhi must overcome treacherous terrain, rival racers, and unexpected obstacles to prove he has what it takes to be the next great racer.
Ben Shockley, ein cooler Streifenpolizist, soll einen Zeugen aus dem Gefängnis von Las Vegas holen. Der Zeuge "Gus" entpuppt sich als eine hübsche Zeugin, die sich weigert, die Zelle zu verlassen. Kein Wunder, denn als Ben die gefesselte Augustina Mally zum Auto bringt, fliegt es plötzlich in die Luft - gerade noch rechtzeitig, so daß Ben über Augustinas Warnung nachdenken kann: Die Mafia ist hinter ihr her. Nun kämpfen sich die beiden von einer tödlichen Falle in die nächste.
Viel Glück hat Beth bisher nicht im Leben gehabt, doch Offenheit und ein großes Herz sollten sich irgendwann auszahlen. In Las Vegas, im kleinen Büro von Sportwettenmacher Dink, könnte sich alles zum Besseren wenden. Tatsächlich steigt auch die Quote von Beth, die für Dink als Rechenkünstlerin und Freundin unentbehrlich wird. Bis dessen eifersüchtige Ehefrau einschreitet und die Aufsteigerin aus dem Paradies vertreibt. Nun versucht Beth auf eigene Faust ihr Glück beim Wetten, und droht alles zu verlieren.
1976: In der Nacht vor Halloween werden fünf abgebrannte Jahrmarkts-Mitarbeiter von einer Bande sadistischer und spielsüchtiger Hinterwäldler entführt und zu einem mysteriösen, schrecklichen Ort gebracht: der "Murder World". Dort haben sie 12 Stunden Zeit, ein mörderisches Spiel namens „31“ zu überleben. Eine Gruppe von Psychopathen - alle als Clowns maskiert - wird auf sie gehetzt und hat nur eine Aufgabe: die fünf Gefangenen zu töten. Das Spiel kennt keine Regeln, was zählt, ist der pure tierische Überlebensinstinkt.
Bei einem Auftrag auf Ischia lernt ein Effektkünstler eine charmante Frau kennen, die seine zynische Sicht auf die Liebe verändert. Ist sie zu gut, um wahr zu sein?
A gambler, fresh out of prison, and a beautiful hooker find themselves caught in an underground scheme that's spinning wildly out of control.
I bet anyone can get better at golf than you are in one week, a golfer says to her golfing businessman for a boyfriend in a quarrel. Unfortunately Stig-Helmer is standing nearby when the boyfriend accepts the bet, and he is chosen to be the competitor. Stig-Helmer has never played the game before, but his Norwegian friend Ole promises to help him.
Sweety has to contend with her over-enthusiastic family that wants her to get married but the ultimate truth is that her love might not find acceptance in her family and society.
Directors Werner Herzog and Errol Morris make a bet which results in Herzog living up to his promise that he would eat his shoe if Errol Morris ever completed the film Gates of Heaven.
Big Steve Halloway, gambler and proprietor of New York's Horseshoe Cabaret, is in desperate need of money. He arranges for his fellow bookies, especially Sorrowful Jones, to each pay him $1,000 for his racehorse, Dream Prince, to lose. With all bets being placed at the window, Sorrowful encounters a gambler, having lost $500, wanting to place his bet but unable to come up with $20. Instead, he places his little girl, Marthy Jane, as security, or in bookie's terms a "marker". "Marky", as she comes to be known, winds up under the care of Sorrowful Jones and his lady friend, singer Bangles Carson.
A down-on-his-luck bookie befriends an ex-girlfriend’s son and gets the bright idea to take bets on his youth league baseball games; only to realize he’s killed what’s pure about the sport as the games turn ugly when money is on the line.
Molly, her brother, Slats, and his pal, Oliver, are taxi dancers at the Miramar Ballroom. As a publicity stunt, Slats plants an article about Molly claiming her ambition is to earn enough money to attend staid, all-girl Bixby College. Bixby's progressive dean offers Molly a scholarship. Molly accepts on the condition that Slats and Oliver come along too as campus caretakers. But the pompous Chairman threatens to foreclose on the school's mortgage if Molly isn't expelled. Together, the trio, with the help of some new friends, concocts a scheme to raise enough money to save the school. The plan involves a bet on the Bixby basketball team, which is playing in a game rated at 20 to 1 by the local bookie. But the bookie has other plans for their dough and hires a group of ringers to step in for the opponents. All is not lost, at least while Oliver has the chance to turn things around for his friends-one way or another.
A murder mystery set in the world of illegal teenage gambling. A 17-year old must find his best friends' killer before the game is exposed.
A free-spirited girl gets the shock of her life when she finds herself naked in an abandoned building after a late-night party.
Ein rauflustiger junger Mann wird als Boxtalent entdeckt und von einem skrupellosen Manager auf krummen Wegen zum Ruhm geführt, bis er seine Karriere angeekelt beendet.
When a gambler is accused of murder, the pretty orphanage employee he loves sets out to prove him innocent of the crime.
Roscoe is a doctor who falls in love with a pretty woman whose boyfriend, in turn, falls in love with Roscoe's wife's jewelry.
Chancer John lives for playing the odds - and he's always willing to take a calculated risk. But when he meets the mysterious and beautiful female bookie Stan, he discovers there's much more to gambling than just greyhounds and horses. Lured by her huge payoffs, John finds himself sucked into a surreal and dangerous word ruled by money, power and control. The question is how far will John go for the ultimate last big win?
Luck favours Kaasi and his friends in cricket betting but soon lands them in inevitable trouble. What follows is a chase with unforeseen events and turns, leading to an unprecedented ending.
When George discovers that he has won the pools, there is huge excitement in the household. But it turns out that it's his son who has won, in partnership with the son of a woman against whom George has some ill feelings.